Best Of Philip Glass

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Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
September 15, 2011
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GLASS, PHILIP
    • PERFORMER
      Glass Philip
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 15, 2011
    • UPC
      886970511926
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SONY705119
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. Songs from Liquid Days: No. 4. Lightning

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

      Performer: Janice Pendarvis

      Conductor: Michael Riesman

    2. Facades

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

      Conductor: Michael Riesman

    3. Satyagraha, Act III: Evening Song

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: New York City Opera Chorus, New York City Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Douglas Perry

      Conductor: Christopher Keene

    4. The Photographer, Act I: A Gentleman's Honor

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

      Conductor: Michael Riesman

    5. Akhnaten, Act II: Hymn to the Sun

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart

      Performer: Paul Esswood

      Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies

    6. Metamorphosis IV

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Performer: Philip Glass

    7. Songs from Liquid Days: No. 6. Open the Kingdom

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

      Performer: Douglas Perry

      Conductor: Michael Riesman

    8. In the Upper Room: Dance II

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

      Conductor: Michael Riesman

    9. Glassworks: No. 1. Rubic

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

      Conductor: Michael Riesman

    10. Songs from Liquid Days: No. 1. Changing Opinion

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

      Performer: Bernard Fowler

      Conductor: Michael Riesman

    11. Opening

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

      Conductor: Michael Riesman

    12. Floe

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

      Conductor: Michael Riesman

    13. Einstein on the Beach, Act I: Knee 1

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

      Performer: Mark Jacoby

      Conductor: Michael Riesman

    14. Akhnaten, Act I: Funeral of Amenhotep III

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart

      Performer: Helmut Holzapfel

      Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies

    15. Wichita Vortex Sutra

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Performer: Philip Glass

    16. Songs from Liquid Days: No. 2. Forgetting

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass Ensemble

      Performer: Linda Ronstadt

      Conductor: Michael Riesman

    17. In the Upper Room: Dance IX

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

      Conductor: Michael Riesman

    18. Itaipu: III. The Dam

      Composer: Philip Glass

      Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Robert Shaw


2007 issued double CD anthology of recordings by one the most influential classical composers of the 20th Century commemorating his 70th birthday.

Tracks:
1. GLASS, PHILIP - LIGHTING
2. GLASS, PHILIP - FACADES
3. GLASS, PHILIP - EVENING SONG
4. GLASS, PHILIP - A GENTLEMAN'S HONOR
5. GLASS, PHILIP - HYMN TO THE SUN
6. GLASS, PHILIP - METAMORPHOSIS FOUR
7. GLASS, PHILIP - OPEN THE KINGDOM
8. GLASS, PHILIP - DANCE II
9. GLASS, PHILIP - GLASSPIECE NO. 1
10. GLASS, PHILIP - CHANGING OPINION
11. GLASS, PHILIP - OPENING
12. GLASS, PHILIP - FLOE
13. GLASS, PHILIP - KNEE PLAY
14. GLASS, PHILIP - FUNERAL FO AMENHOTEP
15. GLASS, PHILIP - WICHITA SUTRA VORTEX
16. GLASS, PHILIP - FORGETTING
17. GLASS, PHILIP - DANCE IX
18. GLASS, PHILIP - DAM